::vtol:: pzr-10

::vtol:: pzr-10 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

"Interactive installation, robot.

A wheeled remote-controlled robot roams around the horizontal black-striped canvas. These stripes are nothing else than audiocassette tapes. The robot is equipped with two tape heads to read off the magnetic tape. When the sound head crosses the tape or moves along it, it reads off the sound and forwards it over the radio to the computer and to the small loudspeaker placed on the robot. A customized remote control is used to operate the robot. A joystick is installed on the remote control to guide the robot; there are also buttons to manipulate the sound. This device can create music loops out of the sounds captured, control the sound processing and set up different parameters. Robot and sound transmission are controlled via Bluetooth.

Some of the tapes have several records of audiobooks by Stanislaw Lem. Others carry random records of unknown origin.

more information: http://vtol.cc/filter/works/pzr-10"

hard:
- arduino uno
- 2 dc motors
- hc-06 bluetooth serial module
- sony bluetooth sound module
- 1 channel sound system
- 2 tape heads with amps
- remote controller with arduino nano, buttons and 2 axis joystic

soft:
- pure data

Moscow, 2015.

sp. thanks: BEREG district

IBANEZ AD-202 Analog Delay BBD Echo // DSI TETRA // PART II

Published on Dec 13, 2016 LESINDES

"Analog delay legend IBANEZ AD-202 tested with DAVE SMITH INSTRUMENTS TETRA and ARTURIA KEYSTEP. Focussing on CHORUS, FLANGER, DOUBLER and DELAY with extensive saturative FEEDBACKs."

All parts here.

Novation Circuit Patch Tutorial - Cuckoo

Published on Dec 13, 2016 cuckoomusic

"Support me through Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cuckoomusic

Here's a tutorial on how to design a sound from scratch on the Novation Circuit. It's a nice wave table synth engine, with a lot of macros and possibilities for matrix style modulations.

Cheers
/CUCKOO"

DSP Synthesizers Tiny-TS Now on Kickstarter

Jan of DSP Synthesizers wrote in to let us know the Tiny-TS is now available on Kickstarter here, and is almost funded.

You can also find build instructions and PCB order link here.

The following are two new demos of the Tiny-TS. Many of you will likely recognize what's being played in the second one. :)


TinyTS demo2 Published on Dec 10, 2016 Jan Ostman

TinyTS demo3

KOMA's Field Kit launched on Kickstarter!

"After a year of development, testing and prototyping, KOMA Elektronik is proud to present the latest addition to the KOMA family: the KOMA Elektronik Field Kit! On Kickstarter now! The new KOMA Elektronik Field Kit is the perfect tool for everyone who would like to experiment with electroacoustic sound. Use everyday objects, amplify them and use them to make sound, like our heroes John Cage and David Tudor used to do!

The Field Kit is optimized to process signals from microphones, contact microphones, electromagnetic pickups and able to run DC motors and solenoids. On top of that it can receive radio signals and convert signals from switches and sensors into control voltage. The Field Kit boasts 7 separate functional blocks all focussed on receiving or generating all types of signals. They are designed to operate together as a coherent electroacoustic workstation or alternatively together with other pieces of music electronics with the ability to use control voltage signals:

Four Channel Mixer
Envelope Follower
DC Interface
Analog Switch Interface
Analog Sensor Interface
AM/FM/SW Radio
Low Frequency Oscillator
You can easily interface the Field Kit with a Eurorack modular system. At the backside of the PCB you will find a power connector you can use to power the unit from your system. The total panel width is 36HP. You can buy the Field Kit as a finished unit or build one yourself with the DIY Version."



"All audio has been recorded straight from the Field Kit, using a DC Motor, Solenoid Motor, a DC powered fan, Roland TR-8 and Berlin's local radio station Antenne Brandenburg as audio sources."

Additional details via Kickstarter.

"The KOMA Field Kit

The new KOMA Elektronik Field Kit is the perfect tool for everyone who would like to experiment with electroacoustic sound. Use everyday objects, amplify them and use them to make sound, like our heroes John Cage and David Tudor used to do!

The Field Kit is optimized to process signals from microphones, contact microphones, electromagnetic pickups and able to run DC motors and solenoids. On top of that it can receive radio signals and convert signals from switches and sensors into control voltage!

We have finished development of the Field Kit, are ready for production and we need your support to make it happen!

[Pictured:] The final Field Kit prototype, ready for production!

It's all about the things you connect to the The Field Kit! To get you started we decided to offer an Expansion Pack with a bunch of different sources that you can use and connect to create your own signature sounds.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Roland TB-03 vs. TB-3

Published on Dec 13, 2016 anode8

"Here's a side by side comparison of the Roland Boutique TB-03 and the Roland Aira TB-3. Both are replications of the infamous TB-303 computer controlled bassline generator, a highly sought after sound for acid house, techno, psy-trance, and many other styles."

Moog Model D Through Four Eventide Pedals

Published on Dec 13, 2016 sonicstate

"We had a visit from Alex at Source Distribution with the new Moog Model D and the range of Eventide effect pedals - Space, Time Factor, Mod Factor and Pitch Factor."

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow (LinnStrument animation)

Published on Dec 13, 2016 Geert Bevin

"A nice video made by António Machado of our new Christmas animation that was released with LinnStrument firmware v2.0.2."

Didi and Friends RRRRRRemix

Didi and Friends RRRRRRemix pic.twitter.com/WE59mgrVAq

— [Hibernate] (@takaharasuiko) December 11, 2016

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again on the Novation Circuit. Nice.

via [Hibernate] @takaharasuiko

"Hey @WeAreNovation you should totes give me a Launchpad Pro or something 'coz this vid here made so many peeps ask me where to buy Circuit"

Ambient guitar and synthesizer jam - Jaguar, Sub Phatty, Minitaur, Timbre Wolf, RS-09

Published on Dec 13, 2016 Stephen Hummel

"Volume 2 of the "Circuits and Strings" series from subtractiveLAD aka: Stephen Hummel.

This jam is in a darker, slightly more psychedelic vein. An ambient guitar progression played on my Fender Jaguar is underlined by sequencer-driven synth lines. The Moog Minitaur and Sub Phatty are both sequenced by the Arturia Beatstep via Reaper which is also acting as the master clock. The Beatstep is sync'd to Reaper's clock but sending its step sequenced pattern back into Reaper via USB and then out of Reaper again to the Minitaur and Sub Phatty via each synth's respective USB connection. Reaper's master clock is also sent to the Akai Timbre Wolf but the Wolf's internal sequencer is doing all the work - in "mono" mode each of the 4 voices has its own sequenced pattern. The flow of the piece is punctuated by swells from my Roland RS-09 and a heavier guitar tone, again from the Jaguar.

Let's see if I can remember the effects chains...

The Minitaur and Sub Phatty are panned slightly away from each other and have a bit of reverb on them via the Line 6 Verbzilla on my mixer's effects bus.

The Timbre Wolf is plugged into my Boss RE-20 Space Echo before hitting the mixer. Some auto-panning was also applied in mixing.

The RS-09 is also getting some reverb from the Verbzilla and some additional reverb during mixing, in Reaper.

The main ambient guitar performance on the Jag is going through my Keeley 4 Knob Compressor, the Strymon TimeLine and my Walrus Audio Descent reverb pedal... with volume pedal swells on the VP Jr. Some subtle spacial effects were added in mixing.

The distorted Jag stuff at the end is through the Keeley again and into an EHX Big Muff fuzz pedal.

Both guitar parts were into my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and mic'd by a Shure SM57.

Everything was recorded and mixed in Reaper."